Bangladesh v New Zealand

Utpal Shuvro

At Chittagong, November 2, 2004. New Zealand won by 138 runs. Toss: New Zealand. One-day
international debut: P. G. Fulton.

Not for the first time, Cairns changed the course of the match with some powerful hitting. New
Zealand had stuttered to 94 for five when he strode to the crease in the 24th over. Cairns was
content to accumulate quietly at first, but accelerated to reach his half-century from 76 balls, with
two sixes and a solitary four. Then, with the end of the innings in sight, he hit a further three
sixes before he was last out, dismissed by 17-year-old seamer Nazmul Hossain. His 74 came from
83 deliveries. Bangladesh lost Aftab Ahmed to the third ball of the innings, and thereafter only
captain Habibul Bashar, restored to the side after missing the Test series through injury, batted
with any confidence. Bangladesh's 86 was their fourth-lowest one-day score. Mills claimed four
wickets in his opening spell to finish with four for 14.

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